The political turmoil is heating up in Venezuela, and the death toll from recent protests continues to rise. Three people have been shot dead in Caracas, and another run over by a car in Carupano, since the unrest escalated this week. Tensions are bursting at the seams among protesters, following elevated crime rates, shortages of goods, and rising prices.

Photos circulated online following Carmona's death, showing what appears to be her body being carried away by a man on a motorcycle. Carmona's tragic death follows swiftly on the heels of another violent incident, in which former Miss Venezuela Monica Spear and her ex-husband were killed while on vacation.

Lopez, of the opposition Popular Will party, turned himself in to security forces on Tuesday and was arrested on charges of inciting violence.